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Old 05-18-2016, 10:18 PM   #33
intence01
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Originally Posted by Hail2TheThief View Post
Have the tire/rim road force balanced. This process will match the tire and rim so the heavy spot on the rim matched the light spot on the tire. They then rebalance.

I was told by the tire shop that they were road force balancing. Tech took me out to shop and said look. The screen showed that the tire needed to be moved to a certain spot around the rim. I asked what the screen meant and the "ass-hat's" reply was "I don't know". I promptly took it to a different shop and they actually did the road force balance right. Two out of 4 tires had to be moved round on rim.
+1 I bought fancy wheels and tires, and being really picky, found a local higher end shop to mount/balance, except they didn't do road force. They said everything checked out but I had vibration at higher speeds. Took it back, same thing. Finally took it to a 2nd shop and paid to road force, vibration was gone. Call around, some Discount Tire shops do road force as well (and surprisingly did a good job)

You could also have a tire that's no longer circular (happened to me) due to damage, or very slight bend in the wheel. Usually this can be balanced out.
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